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Re: The end of an all-too-brief era
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 8 Jan 2004 05:44:15 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Steve Baker <sjbaker1@airmail.net> wrote:
> Mark Tarrabain wrote:
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> > I cannot purchase from Pitsco. That is a certainty. Pitsco does not
> > sell to areas which have regional educational suppliers, and I am
> > located in Western Canada, where the supplier for the educational
> > division of LEGO is Spectrum Education.
> >
> > The last time I spoke to them about purchasing from them (about 2 years
> > ago now), they said that they were an educational supplier, not a toy
> > store. Call it "once bitten twice shy" if you will, but suffice to say
> > I'm not particularly keen on calling them again to see if they've
> > changed their tune.
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> I'm certainly not an educator - but they sold to me (here in Texas) with
> not so much as a blink. I guess you must be right about not competing
> against other LEGO educational suppliers - that may well be in their contract
> with LEGO.
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> Anyway - Pitsco have always been very expensive compared to mainstream
> LEGO - I've only ever gone to them for parts that LEGO don't sell directly.
Well I can't speak for NA, but here in Australia there are 2 suppliers, and up
until about 18 months ago neither would sell to the general public, only to
schools etc. but now they both have websites and you can order online, and both
will sell to anyone. Of course they don't ship internationally.
And yes, they are relatively expensive, but they do have many useful parts that
you can't get anywhere else.
ROSCO
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| (...) I'm certainly not an educator - but they sold to me (here in Texas) with not so much as a blink. I guess you must be right about not competing against other LEGO educational suppliers - that may well be in their contract with LEGO. Anyway - (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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